ICC Has No Jurisdiction in Proposed Investigation of Israel (IMFA via Daily Alert)
Dec. 23, 2019 ICC Has No Jurisdiction in Proposed Investigation of Israel (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Justice) The decision of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court not to dismiss the Palestinian case that calls for a criminal investigation of Israelis is unfounded and outrageous. It has turned the ICC into a […]
Read More →The EU Demonstrates a Distinct Political Bias Against Israel – Amb. Alan Baker (J. Post via Daily Alert)
Oct. 4, 2019 The EU Demonstrates a Distinct Political Bias Against Israel – Amb. Alan Baker (Jerusalem Post) European Union Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Susanna Terstal, writing in the Jerusalem Post on Sep. 21, evidently believes that incessant repetition of the phrase “two-state solution” adds some element of legitimacy and feasibility to the idea. […]
Read More →The World Faces Many Tragedies. The Lack of a Palestinian State Ranks Low on the List – James Kirchick (LA Times via Daily Alert)
May 27, 2019 The World Faces Many Tragedies. The Lack of a Palestinian State Ranks Low on the List – James Kirchick Few regional conflicts attract more diplomatic energy, media coverage and attention on the part of human rights activists than that between Israel and the Palestinians. Figures on all sides of this intractable dispute endow […]
Read More →Who Denied the Palestinians an Independent State? Not Israel – Jonathan S. Tobin (Israel Hayom via Daily Alert)
Apr. 25, 2019 Who Denied the Palestinians an Independent State? Not Israel – Jonathan S. Tobin The Palestinian leadership has repeatedly rejected compromises that would have given them the statehood they claim to want. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and President Bill Clinton offered PA head Yasser Arafat an independent Palestinian state in Gaza, almost […]
Read More →Palestinian Arabs never received ‘right’ to statehood or UN membership, by Morton A. Klein (JNS)
Feb. 5, 2019 In sum, the Palestinian Authority is promoting bald-faced lies and distortions about U.N. Resolution 181 and the Oslo Accords to avoid making peace with Israel. As part of the Palestinian Authority’s latest ploy to avoid direct negotiations with Israel, it is now absurdly claiming that United Nations Resolution 181, passed by the […]
Read More →The Palestinian Claim to Statehood: An Open Letter to PLO Negotiator Saeb Erekat – Amb. Alan Baker (JCPA via Daily Alert)
Dec. 17, 2018 The Palestinian Claim to Statehood: An Open Letter to PLO Negotiator Saeb Erekat – Amb. Alan Baker (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) PLO Negotiator Saeb Erekat denounced Australia’s recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, stating that “East Jerusalem, under international law, is an integral part of the occupied Palestinian […]
Read More →Did Camp David Doom the Palestinians? – Dennis Ross (Foreign Policy via Daily Alert)
Oct. 22, 2018 Did Camp David Doom the Palestinians? – Dennis Ross Seth Anziska’s new book, Preventing Palestine: A Political History From Camp David to Oslo, portrays the Camp David Accords as largely responsible for denying the Palestinians self-determination and statehood. But I was present at the meeting between Yasser Arafat and President Bill Clinton in December 2000 […]
Read More →Should Gaza Be the Palestinian State? by Mitchel Bard (Algemeiner)
Aug. 28, 2018 Proponents of a two-state solution foresee a future Palestinian state in most of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip. In the Oslo Accords, Israel agreed to withdraw from Gaza first, with the expectation that if the Palestinians… Click here for full article
Read More →Is the International Criminal Court Becoming a Palestinian Propaganda Engine? – Amb. Alan Baker (JCPA via Daily Alert)
Aug. 15, 2018 Is the International Criminal Court Becoming a Palestinian Propaganda Engine? – Amb. Alan Baker (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) In July, judges from a pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court ordered a campaign of outreach to Palestinian “victims residing within or outside of Palestine.” With this unprecedented move, the court is openly […]
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